New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN): The Quad alliance has emerged as a ‘force for good’ and has been successful in coordinating actions in the areas of vaccine delivery, climate action, supply chain resilience , disaster response and economic cooperation despite the adverse circumstances created by the Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.

“Quad nations, through their mutual cooperation, are encouraging the creation of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region, which has been our collective objective to begin with,” Modi said at the Quad Summit in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Leaders of the three other Quad nations, including US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, also attended the Summit.

The Quad has a constructive agenda for the Indo-Pacific to ensure peace, prosperity and security for the region, Modi said.

The US President, in his address, underlined the importance of the Quad in responding to Covid-19, partnering on 5G supply chains and launching the Quad fellowship program. 

However, he said, countries were navigating a dark hour in their shared history as Russia’s “brutal and unprovoked war” against Ukraine had triggered a humanitarian catastrophe.